In order to properly prepare F10 updates, all F10 builds are now
targetted at dist-f10-updates-candidate. This is a setting in the
'common' directory of your package modules, so you'll want to make sure
you're using an up to date common.
The buildroot for dist-f10-updates-candidate is comprised of dist-f10
content, which means builds done in dist-f10-updates-candidate
will /not/ automatically be usable in the buildroot. You'll need to
request a buildroot override in order to do build sets.
Also, any build that we break the freeze for and tag for Fedora 10
release will also be available in the buildroot.
I have locked the dist-f10 tag so that no more builds can automatically
get tagged. If you have a build that fails due to a locked tag, you can
either ping releng, or manually tag it yourself for
dist-f10-updates-candidate:
# koji tag-pkg dist-f10-updates-candidate <build-n-v-r>
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Jesse Keating
Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature!
identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating

Last night at 0555 UTC we froze for Fedora 10. The rawhide from
20081028 is the frozen content. At this point, builds for F10 are not
automatically brought into Rawhide, and won't be in the Fedora 10
release. To request a freeze override, please use the Final Freeze
Policy[1]
If you're closing bugs by doing builds, please ensure that those builds
get properly tagged for our final release.
To check the status of your particular build/package, you can look at
the contents of the 'f10-final' tag in Koji. This is the tag for the
Fedora 10 release, and what rawhide will compose from until F10 is done.
koji latest-pkg f10-final <foo>
It's the last mile folks, lets make it awesome!
[1]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/FinalFreezePolicy
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Jesse Keating
Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature!
identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating

Reminding maintainers of Fedora-translatable packages to issue a build
before the Development Freeze of tomorrow, 28/10, in order to have all
translations submitted until the translation deadline of 21/10
included in Fedora 10 (otherwise our translator's hard work will go to
the gutter). If you haven't received any translations since the last
build, a rebuild is not necessary.
Feel free to drop an email to fedora-trans-list(a)redhat.com if you have
any questions.
Thanks for caring for translations*. (=
-δ
*and, subsequently, 60%+ of our users.
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Dimitris Glezos
Jabber ID: glezos(a)jabber.org, GPG: 0xA5A04C3B
http://dimitris.glezos.com/
"He who gives up functionality for ease of use
loses both and deserves neither." (Anonymous)
--

This is the final snapshot before our final devel freeze and subsequent
preview release. On the torrent site you'll find install images and
live images for testing. http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
The i686 Live is just over 700M in size, so you /may/ have trouble
burning it if your media is very strict about it's size.
Of important note, these images do have a bug in them,
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468360 where some realtek
network cards will not initialize properly. This bug has been fixed in
today's rawhide, which was too late for the snapshot. If you use the
snapshot and fail to have networking, you'll need to update the kernel.
Thanks for the testing!
--
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature!
identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating

Hi all,
A new moderate-traffic mailing list for users and contributors of the
Fedora Project Wiki has been set up.
Among the discussions will be policy, announcements, and editing tips.
The list has been created to bring together the wider wiki community
split apart between different sub-projects of Fedora.
If you are interested in these sorts of discussions, please subscribe to
fedora-wiki(a)lists.fedoraproject.org at
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-wiki
We'll be glad to see you!
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Ian Weller <ianweller(a)gmail.com> http://ianweller.org
GnuPG fingerprint: E51E 0517 7A92 70A2 4226 B050 87ED 7C97 EFA8 4A36
"Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet."
~ Douglas Adams

This week brings us Fedora 10 Snapshot 2. This time not only will we
have Live images, we'll also have DVD and split CD install images. Due
to the amount of data to sync around, we're going to stagger the torrent
releases, making them available as they finish syncing to the torrent
server. Please keep watching http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ for new
torrents to start showing up in the next few hours.
Based on feedback from Snapshot 1 we're also adding a few more seeders
to help get the bits out.
--
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature!
identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating

All,
It is with great delight that we announce that K12Linux Release Candidate 1 is
now available for download. K12Linux is LTSP 5 built on Fedora 9, and is slated
to become the successor to the highly acclaimed K12LTSP. K12Linux comes as a
live image which can be used to create a LiveUSB or LiveDVD with the client
chroot already installed & configured. Install the image onto a USB key, boot
from the key, follow the simple README, and you have a running LTSP5 server from
which you can boot clients. Like what you see? Just click on the install icon
and K12Linux is installed to the hard drive. Get it at
http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/ltsp/rc1/i686/
RC1 includes
* Fedora 9 & Updates as of October 12, 2008
* LTSP-5.1.26
* ldm-2.0.13
* ltspfs-0.5.5
* many bug fixes
* New K12Linux-themed artwork for the login screen
Thanks go out to all who contributed to making this release possible. In
particular, we'd like to recognize:
* Warren Togami for doing the lion's share of the work to get LTSP 5 working on
Fedora 9, and for making the LiveUSB system work.
* Maureen Duffy for creating the artwork used at the login screen and elsewhere.
* All those who tested the previous Beta and reported & fixed bugs.
LTSP 5 on Fedora 9 with Updates is currently considered to be production ready,
and development of improved features continues rapidly. Check out our homepage
at http://k12linux.org for the latest news and updated instructions.
How to Use LiveUSB
===================
* From Windows: Get LiveUSB Creator at https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator
and use it to make a bootable USB stick containing this Live image.
* From Linux: Download the livecd-iso-to-disk script from the same URL as the
Live image and use it to make a bootable USB stick. Alternatively, the
livecd-iso-to-disk script is included in the live image file.
From either platform, it is highly recommended that you use a persistent
overlay file of at least 800MB because this reduces the amount of memory needed
for your demo. For this reason you should have at least 2GB free on your USB
stick (~920MB image + 800MB overlay).
* LiveDVD works, but is not recommended unless you have at least 2GB RAM
for your demo.
* You should install to your hard drive if you want to do more than just a quick
demo.
FAQ
===========
1) Why is this not called K12LTSP?
It is the plan for K12Linux technology to be the successor of Eric Harrison's
highly successful K12LTSP distribution. However, we had planned on changing the
name to "K12Linux" to be friendlier sounding and easier to pronounce when people
explain it at educator conferences.
2) Is this the only way to install a K12Linux server?
This Live LTSP Server image is only a convenient way for new users to get
started with K12Linux. Note that it is always possible to enable LTSP5 on any
existing Fedora 9 server by following the instructions on the above homepage.
3) Why not LiveCD?
LiveCD was not possible because we simply cannot fit Server, Client and apps
onto a single disc. If all you have is a CD drive then your hardware is
unlikely powerful enough to serve as a LTSP server. In any case you should be
able to install from the LiveUSB without dealing with discs at all, and the
performance is much more impressive.
Please send questions or comments to the k12linux-devel-list.
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12linux-devel-list
Peter Scheie